Sheila Cooks?

We have been set another assessment: Make a 3 minute long instructional cooking video.

The key points of this project are that it is to be aimed at students who are interested in learning how to cook healthy meals for a cheap price. I was put in a group with the simply fascinating Rachel, Mandy and Keiran. We had the idea of cooking a simple veggie curry as this appeals to all people, curry being the nations favorite dish of course!
We looked through our recipe and picked out the important points and the timing. We then did a rough story board of what shots to use and where. We wanted to add a splash of humor to the piece, and so we decided to do it in the style of a Nigella-esque Australian student cook...sounds bizarre but believe me it worked! Not only does it look good and induce humor, it also made our presenter (Rachel) much more comfortable in front of the camera.

The problems we faced were few...the most obvious being timing. We have been used to taking our time over filming, allowing take after take until we get the perfect shot. When it comes to filming cooking however we have a time limit. We have to follow the recipe exactly and hence the food controls the time. For example we had the rice cooking while we cut up the veg and prepared the sauce...before we knew it the rice was getting close to over cooking and we went ready!

We are currently in the editing phase of the process, we hope to have the finished video ready by next Wednesday.